What router do you use for IL-2?

[noxnoctum]

Hey guys, I'm having serious issues getting my router to work with IL-2/HL. I've tried pretty much everything so I'm about to break down and just buy a new one. Right now I just have to plug in directly to my modem which means the other 3 people on the network can't use the internet, which restricts me to playing at 3 in the morning

Can you guys tell me what router you personally use, that is if it works without a hassle of course ?

[noxnoctum]

Nine people have viewed and none have a router? Cmon guys, I just don't want to buy another one that doesn't work.

[Zappatime]

Well I have a Netgear DG834GT (802.11G rated, ADSL combined modem-router), its about 3 years old, never been a problem.

Pretty easy to set up firewall rules if you want to run multiplayer as the server in il2. Runs fairly hot on top, but its on all the time, wireless range is average I'd say, if that's something you may use, depends on where in the house you are, thick walls or kitchen appliances 'en route' affect it the most, and distance of course. I'm connected by cat5 on my gaming PC so not a worry for me.

There's probably a 'N' version now with better range. Can't tell you if the newer models are as good build/reliable, check the comments on Amazon, for starters, but certainly their menus within the router setup, diagnostics, wireless settings and firewall rules are all pretty starightforward.

Hope this helps, not exactly loaded with info I know.

[F4U Corsair]

I use a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (WRT54G), and it works great. I advise against connecting directly to the modem, unless you want to get hacked, or get a virus. If your going to connect directly to the modem, make sure you enable Windows Firewall!.

Update the routers 'firmware' whenever you get a new one.

http://www.linksysbycisco.com/CA/en/home

[IceFire]

I have a Linksys... 4 port, wireless G... can't remember the model number but it's a fine router. A quick tour of the review sites will probably reveal that most routers have some duds out of the box but that most of them are pretty good. The super fancy ones often aren't worth the money in my opinion.

[robtek]

Be assured that even with a super router the problem is that the capacity of the line is divided to more than 1 user.
If one of the other users is downloading something your ping will rise.

[KG26_Alpha]

Depending on what country you are located in and what speed your connection runs at.

Speedtouch 585 will cover most speeds and is an easy router to use and setup.

Also combined with a Telnet program from
http://dmt.mhilfe.de
You can manually adjust you modem settings with your isp.
It comes with English gui option in the program.

[julian265]

Originally Posted by robtek

Be assured that even with a super router the problem is that the capacity of the line is divided to more than 1 user.
If one of the other users is downloading something your ping will rise.

+1

OP, what is the problem you are having? Bad latency, or inability to connect to servers?

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by noxnoctum

Hey guys, I'm having serious issues getting my router to work with IL-2/HL. I've tried pretty much everything so I'm about to break down and just buy a new one. Right now I just have to plug in directly to my modem which means the other 3 people on the network can't use the internet, which restricts me to playing at 3 in the morning

Can you guys tell me what router you personally use, that is if it works without a hassle of course ?

You need to tell us what kind of router you have and what kind of connection do you have.. FO, Cable, DSL? I have a Netgear WGT624v3 but I used to use an older one that I gave to another community member and he still uses it.. so it is probably a port issue.

You heed to forward the following ports to your PC:

IL2: 21000-21000 UDP&TCP
HL : 20999-20999 UDP
HL : 1698-1708 TCP
TS : 8767-8767 UDP

If all that fails consider this site. This program is pretty good.. don't ask me why it works sometimes when manually forwarding the ports doesn't.. but it does.